Jocelyn Seamer
Jocelyn Seamer is a teacher, tutor and former school leader. She has led teams in some of Australia’s remotest schools to develop practice that reflects the evidence base of reading instruction. She shares simple yet effective strategies with classroom teachers in a variety of forums – learn more at Jocelyn’s website. Her book, Reading Success in the Early Primary Years, is due for release in late 2022.
Challenge Accepted: Practical Actions for Reading Success
In this session, Jocelyn will share her experiences from her work in some of Australia's remotest schools and outline the necessary components for evidence informed literacy practices in the early primary years. Focusing on practical and realistic actions, Jocelyn will invite you to consider the steps we might take to move closer to the evidence and create success and growth for every child, everywhere.
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Meet the TAS Branch Team
Greg Warman
Greg has worked in education for 19 years. He is currently a Quality Teaching Literacy Coach at Tasmania’s only infants school located in southern Tasmania. The school’s literacy team have recently been nominated in the Department of Education’s Together We Inspire Award program for innovation in literacy.
Natalie Bown
Natalie currently works as a Speech Language Pathologist within the Department of Education Tasmania. During her time with the department she has been involved with the Speech Pathology Literacy Support project 2016 -2018 which involved supporting and engaging schools in the science of reading. This involved professional development, screening of children and implementation of evidenced based programs to support students at risk. Natalie is a pssionate advocate for improving literacy outcomes in schools The Science of Reading
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